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Is There a Relationship Between Quality of Care and Negligence Litigation in Nursing Homes?

A study published March 31, 2011 in the New England Journal of Medicine attempts to examine the relationship between Quality of Care Indicators in Nursing Homes and the risk of a lawsuit. The report concluded that nursing homes with more deficiencies and with more serious deficiencies had higher odds of being sued. The odds of […]

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CA Nursing Homes: The Problem of Malnutrition and Dehydration

Elderly and infirm residents of nursing homes are at an increased risk of malnutrition and dehydration for a myriad of reasons, most significantly because they frequently cannot monitor their own intake of food and water. A study completed in 2006 by the Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly found that “Nutrition is a major problem

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